Once upon a time, the core of a massive star collapsed, creating a shockwave that blasted outward, ripping the star apart as it went. When the shockwave reached the star’s surface, it punched through, ...
Astronomers have released a set of more than a million simulated images showcasing the cosmos as NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace ...
China has announced plans to build a giant solar power space station, which will be lifted into orbit piece by piece using ...
This is called the “heat death” of the Universe, but you can think of it instead as the death of heat. There will be no more ...
Astronomers have long tried to track down how elements like carbon, which is essential for life, become widely distributed across the universe. Now, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has examined one ...
The next great space telescope will study distant galaxies and faraway planets from an orbital outpost about a million miles ...